Top: after completing the Seaside Kingdom's plotline in Super Mario Odyssey, the sun is seen setting for the rest of the game in that location.
Bottom: the fact that the game contains maps for every kingdom reveals that the direction in which the sun sets here is not correct. Here, Mario's orientation in the top picture is seen on the map, showing that he is looking north/north-northwest instead of west as would be expected for a sunset.
While the sun was put in that location clearly because it is the most visible spot in the sky in that kingdom, this can also be interpreted as the sun not following Earth rules in Mario's world, and setting in the north instead.
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